RAYLEIGH GRANGE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1165092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance education and social participation for people retired or semi retired by providing facilities and guidance for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving conditions of life in the interests of their social welfare.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK, BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £46,151 and total expenditure of £47,339 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net deficit of £1,188. Free/unrestricted reserves (cash funds) decreased from £13,668 to £12,480, while total unrestricted funds stood at £10,255 at the period end. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accorded with the accounting records and complied with applicable regulations, noting no material matters of concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Oliver
• David Westall
• Edward Byford
• Glyn Overy
• William Trevor Keeys

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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